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City Hall

Transportation: Pausing the KOP Rail Reopens Possibilities for New Transit Priorities

May 8, 2023Lawrence Ukenye

City councilmembers and local advocates discuss how SEPTA should proceed after canceling its King of Prussia extension.

Neighborhoods

South Philadelphia: Looking Back While Striving Forward: 44 Years of the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia

May 4, 2023Sarina Lianne Mam

Bunrath Math, 55, was only 11 years old when he fled Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge’s brutal rule. As an orphan in the United States, he initially found refuge in Berkshire, Massachusetts, before settling in Philadelphia in 1992. 

Education

Lower Moyamensing: Boosting Literacy Starts Early with Family Storytime at this Library

May 3, 2023Saleh A. Alobaid

In Lower Moyamensing, the benefits — and fun — of fostering young readers is on display at the Thomas F. Donatucci, Sr. Library.

Crime

Crime: What Can Local Organizations Do to Help Stem the Tide of Violence?

November 28, 2022Brooke Beyer and Natalie Elizabeth Kerr

What Can Local Organizations Do to Help Stem the Tide of Violence?

Crime

Health: Hospitals Expand Care to Address Violence at the Source

November 28, 2022Natalie Elizabeth Kerr

Health: Hospitals Expand Care to Address Violence at the Source

Center City

Society Hill: Local Vendors Gather at Headhouse Farmers Market

May 18, 2022Adam Christopher Kizun

Vendors from Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey sell their produce at the Headhouse Farmers Market.

Government

Wynnefield: How One Woman Works To End Gun Violence

May 16, 2022Taylor Marie Carmichael

Movita Johnson-Harrell provides knowledge on how she takes the time to help individuals in her community while trying to make a difference.

Business

Fairmount: CDC Builds Momentum with New Executive Director

April 4, 2019Sarah Metts

Although the Fairmount Community Development Corporation is a newer organization, it still hosts a calendar full of events to benefit the community. A huge part of that is because of its new executive director, Sarajane

Health

Mayfair: Dance Moves Between Cultures

January 29, 2019David Mattera

What started as a two-person weekly exercise routine at a local park blossomed into an almost 200-person expression of cross-cultural understanding in the Mayfair section of Philadelphia. “Exercise in the Park,” as locals refer to

Immigration

Mayfair: Store Owner Builds Bridges Between Cultures

January 28, 2019David Mattera

Keith Xiao is the owner of F & L Minimart on Frankford Avenue in Mayfair. He is also one of seven founders and, now, executive director of the Northeast Philadelphia Development Corporation, an organization that

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